West Coast hip hop is a regional genre of hip hop music that encompasses any artists or music that originated in the West Coast region of the United States. West Coast Hip-Hop began to dominate from a radio play and sales standpoint during the early to-mid s with the birth of G-Funk and the emergence of record labels such as Suge Knight and Dr Dre's Death Row Records, Ice Cube's Lench Cultural origins: Late s, Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Feb 19,  · The LP version of this is a semi-continuous mix. Unfortunately the vinyl used to produce it was cheap and thin, still though a great record and at the time introduced me to a world of west coast electro and rap i knew nothing of/5(55).

Towards the tail end of the ’90s, it had become clear that pop music was leaning towards more of a street edge to compete with and embrace hip-hop and R&B’s dominance — birthing “urban pop.”.

Only the best are in this classic 90s hip-hop playlist including 2Pac, LL Cool J, N.W.A., Nas, Beastie Boys, The Notorious B.I.G. and more!

The East Coast–West Coast hip hop rivalry was a feud between artists and fans of the East Coast hip hop and West Coast hip hop scenes in the United States, especially from the mids. Focal points of the feud were East Coast–based rapper The Notorious B.I.G. (and his New York–based label, Bad Boy Records), and West Coast–based rapper Tupac Shakur (and Suge Knight's Los Angeles.

The 90s were without a doubt, the golden age of rap. NME’s bringing you a killer playlist of the 20 finest hip-hop tracks of the s. Nas, ‘The World Is Yours’ Taken from his stunning

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Jan 09,  · In the early ’90s, hip-hop was going through a series of changes. A decade after its birth, the genre already had a handful of big hits and a variety of bona fide stars—N.W.A, LL Cool J.

To this day, many of Cypress Hill's hits remain on active rotation on the nation's foremost hip-hop, rock and alternative playlists. Cypress Hill celebrates the group's extraordinary longevity with the long-awaited Greatest Hits From The Bong.